Anatom3DPosterior division of mandibular nerve
Truncus posterior nervi mandibularis · Zadní oddíl dolnočelistního nervu
Nervous system
Looks like
The larger back branch of the mandibular nerve, below the skull base in the infratemporal fossa.
What it does
Mostly sensory: gives the inferior alveolar, lingual and auriculotemporal nerves; also supplies the mylohyoid.
Keeping it well
A group term; its branches are the ones at risk in lower wisdom-tooth surgery.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Cluster headache
- Cold sores (herpes simplex)
- Fibromyalgia
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Migraine
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies